Location of pathogenic bacteria during persistent infections: Insights from an analysis using game theory

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Eswarappa, Sandeepa M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAME; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; THEORETICAL MODEL; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; SALMONELLA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAME THEORY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 65549115896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005383     Document Type: Article

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